Re: Tom's shackles

[cleaving@domain.elided]

> I stopped home at lunch today and loosened the bolts a bit, and 
> re-torqued to 20lb-ft (again, the instructions listed 30lb-ft).. still 
> rough.. I'll try backing off a little more..  I didn't buy Nylocks, just 
> some Grade 8 washers n' lock-washers, so I don't want to go *too* loose 
> and have 'em rattle off on me!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Tom
 
 Even the Nylocks aren't immune to loosening up. When I swapped in urethane
spring bushings, I used Nylocks on most of the spring bolts, but ran out and
used locktite on the last few. When I checked them about a week later, the 
Nylocks were almost off, but the locktite'd nuts were still tight.

 Later,                curt_cleavinger@domain.elided  Louisville, CO
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